Sentences with phrase «substantial achievement gaps»

Four substantial achievement gaps emerged from our work (Exhibit 1).

Economically disadvantaged students and English Learners also largely showed improvement in the shares of students meeting the standards — although those increases were not at rates fast enough to close substantial achievement gaps with students who are not disadvantaged.

But Tennessee students» reading scores on NAEP have stagnated, and substantial achievement gaps remain.

The percentage of low - income students and English Learners meeting the standards increased, but these increases were not at fast enough rates to close substantial achievement gaps with higher income students who are fluent in English.

Virginia still needs to address a substantial achievement gap, but its minority students» scores have clearly improved.

Not exact matches

«Over the last decade we have made substantial progress in narrowing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and the rest - the average achievement for those pupils has risen more sharply than for others,» she claimed.

This new edition of the book need take nothing back: the refusal or inability (often as a result of litigation) of schools to take into account or respond to the distinctive characteristics of boys is even more marked, the gap in school achievement between boys and girls even more substantial and troubling than in 2000.

In spring 2011, the president visited a suburban school (with notable achievement gaps) to argue that without substantial changes more than 80 percent of the nation's schools would not meet NCLB performance targets this year.

A: Despite establishing standards, assessments, and accountability mechanisms, the distribution of educational achievement still shows substantial gaps that correlate with socioeconomic status.

All but one of the eight elementary turnaround schools show substantial gains in closing the achievement gap, with the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the state test rising 8 - 28 percent, compared to the school's pre-turnaround status.

Therefore, the finding that a group of charter schools in the Boston area is closing a substantial portion of the achievement gap each school year is not just good news for many Boston families; it is historically important.

But Reardon cautioned that individual parents» investments of time, energy and money are never going to close the substantial gaps that separate poor and rich kids when they enter kindergarten — and that then persist, leading to enormous achievement gaps throughout elementary school, middle school and high school.

There are substantial equity concerns with this forced feeding of technology - based testing, with substantial concerns that underserved populations such as English learners, students with disabilities, and socio - economic disadvantaged students having less access to technology and thus being at a disadvantage due to the premature forced technology - based testing protocol, thus widening the perceived achievement gap for these students.

«He wanted to reduce achievement gaps among children and he wanted to improve achievement overall for Indiana students, but there was substantial disagreement about the mechanisms he used in order to achieve that change.»

Saldaña also got support from the board to consider whether a school is recognized by the state for high performance or substantial progress in closing the academic achievement gaps before the district decides on closure.

APP graduates were able to turn those schools around, showing significant improvements in English Language Arts and Mathematics and substantial progress in closing the achievement gaps in ELA and math scores against comparable schools within just three years

It is clear that standardized testing can never close the achievement gap, that the Common Core Standards are not good learning and do not give students the skills they need for their future, and that the education «reform» effort is not reform at all but a way to remove public education as a right for all while it provides substantial financial profit for the investors.

Substantial uncertainty exists about the impact of school quality on the black - white achievement gap.

Moreover, international experience confirms that it is possible to make progress in closing these gaps: not only have two dozen countries made substantial progress in overall achievement, but 17 countries that exceed US performance levels also have a narrower gap among children of divergent socioeconomic backgrounds.

To make substantial progress on closing overall achievement gaps, policies to address disparities in outcomes within school districts are still needed.

Attending a Boston charter for one year results in a substantial increase in test performance and eliminates 1/3 of the «racial achievement gap.»